Originally in Dm, I play in Em capo 1
In Em, play that Dm/G as 3x323x
Intro, skip this line acoustic
| G | G | D/G | G |
| C | C/B | Am7 | D |
Start here acoustic
| G | G | D/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
A cappella, chords implied
| Em | |
| You should’ve been | gone |
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em |
| Knowing ho | w I mad | e you f | eel |
| Em | |
| And I should’ve been | gone |
Piano enters
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em |
| After a | ll your w | ords of | steel |
Band enters
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| Oh I must’ve been a | dreamer | (must’ve been a dreamer, whoa) |
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| And I must’ve been | someone | else (someone else) |
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| And we should’ve been | over |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
| Em | |
| But I want to let g | o |
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em |
| You’ll go | on hurti | n’ me |
| Em | |
| You’d be better off alon | e |
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em | |
| If I’ | m not wh | o you | thought I’d | be |
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| But you know that there’s a f | ever | (know that there’s a fever, whoa) |
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| Oh that you’ll never find n | owhere e | lse (nowhere else) |
Hard stop on “on and on”
| C | Dsus4 | D |
| Can’t you feel it | burnin’ | on and on |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
Solo
| G | G | D/G | G |
| C | C | Am | D |
| G | G | D/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Em | |
| But I should’ve been | gone |
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em |
| Long ag | o, f | ar a | way |
| Em | |
| And you should’ve been g | one |
| C/E | D/E | D/E | Em |
| Now I kn | ow just | why you | stay |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
| G | D/G | G |
| Oh Sherrie, | our | love |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Holds | on on, | holds o | n |
Outro solo
| G | G | D/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |
Repeat intro, piano only
| G | G | D/G | G |
| C | C/B | Am7 | D |
| G | G | D/G | G |
| Dm/G | C/G | C/G | G |